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Pay & Benefits

A year after the Social Security Fairness Act, some retirees are still waiting for full benefits

The repeal of the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset should have restored benefits for everyone. For some retirees, the checks are still coming late or not at all.

Updated Management

Noem fired from DHS amid agency shutdown, Trump taps Mullin as successor

The controversial Homeland Security leader will end her tenure amid a budget shutdown of her agency and following bipartisan criticism in both houses of Congress.

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Management

The ‘new’ Policy/Career Schedule does NOT (necessarily) politicize the federal workforce           

COMMENTARY | The Policy/Career Schedule may not be Trump 1.0's Schedule F, but there are guardrails that can allay some fears about its implications.

Updated Management

OPM proposes new layoff rules emphasizing performance and reducing employee protections

Since a draft of the new policy began circulating last fall, federal regulators expanded those excluded from agency reduction in force rules to include all career federal workers in the government’s excepted service.

Workforce

After shedding 25,000 employees, IRS chief says his agency now has perfect staffing level

The tax agency’s CEO criticized his predecessors for staffing up without justification, though he noted he has not conducted workforce analysis either.

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Management

Kristi Noem misled Congress about top aide’s role in DHS contracts

Testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Noem denied that Corey Lewandowski had any role in approving contracts. But internal DHS records and interviews with current and former agency staffers contradict her testimony.

Updated Pay & Benefits

House Dems want to know why retirees aren’t getting physical tax documents from OPM

Nine House members inquired about reports that constituents have not received physical copies of their 1099-R forms and have had difficulty contacting the federal HR agency to request them.

Workforce

DOJ contradicts FEMA on who approved mass firings

"I don't have a great explanation for that," a DOJ lawyer says when asked to clarify in court.

Workforce

NTEU chief stands firm as agencies seek to terminate contracts

Doreen Greenwald said her union will continue to demand compliance with its collective bargaining agreements in face of a renewed push to excise labor groups from most federal agencies.

Oversight

Homeland Security Department is stonewalling watchdog investigations, GOP senator alleges

Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., said that he would procedurally obstruct the legislative process until officials respond to his questions about department oversight.

Management

LGBTQ data is disappearing under Trump, reports find

Government agencies have gotten rid of gender identity and sexual orientation data elements from over 360 data collections over the last year.

Updated Workforce

‘They are America’: Photographer spotlights civil servants who have lost their jobs under Trump 

Retired lawyer Allan Dinkoff has documented 65 ex-feds for his photography project “Targeted: Portraits of Civil Servants Under Trump.”

Management

Congress searches for shutdown off-ramp as DHS employees start missing pay

Republican leaders hope a new vote this week, and pressure from war in Iran, will help spur a breakthrough on DHS funding.

Pay & Benefits

Most TSP funds were flat in February

Only the Thrift Savings Plan’s international fund saw growth in excess of 2% last month.

Defense

Fake DOD memo about ‘compromised’ apps shows swift spread of deceptive messaging

The message, widely circulated as the U.S. bombed Iran, shows how quickly unverified information can reach troops.

Management

How federal HR modernization can better serve employees

COMMENTARY | OPM’s Federal HR 2.0 consolidates systems, but without connected workflows and AI-driven experiences agencies may still see the same old results.